First single by The Artichokes. 'Bite Me' 2017

Listen and download 'Bite Me' at http://theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes


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LYRICS:

Take me far away
Get to know me well
Buy me cigarettes
And I’ll give you my hell
Love me very hard
Take me on a ride
Hold my hand so tight
And then you’ll have my heart

Hit me, hide me, kiss me, bite me
Hit me, hide me, oh please just bite me

Sick of facing lies
I’ve tried to tell you twice
That I ain’t going home
Cause you’re my only vice
Your eyes are shining still
And they won’t move from mine
Let’s run away to mars
And then you’ll have my heart

Hit me, hide me, kiss me, bite me
Hit me, hide me, oh please...

Darlin, you don't really wanna know how
This war is inside my head now
It's time to win the battle
Darlin, you don't really wanna know how
You don't have to know how...

Hit me, hide me, kiss me, bite me...

Bite Me

Track from the first EP by The Artichokes. 'It Seems Black Or White' 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

Under the weather
Touching the clouds
Playing in heaven
Feet on the ground

Sensing the snowflakes
Cold on my skin
Decisions are boring
I’m living the dream

What a confusion
Can’t even sleep
These drums are in my head
I can’t stop this beat

Too weak for silence
Too fake to speak
Are you keen on kindness?
Is this just a dream...


Here I come
Won’t say “no”
Listen baby
Growing up feels odd
You can have me
Any time you like
Smoke surrounds me
It seems black or white


Another year over
Scars on my skin
I cry cause I’m older
No longer under eighteen

Take it or leave it
There’s no “inbetween”
My heart’s still in your bed
Your life’s at the street

Here I come
Won’t say “no”
Listen baby
Growing up feels odd
You can have me
Any time you like
Smoke surrounds me
It seems black or white

It Seems Black Or White

Track from the first EP by The Artichokes. 'It Seems Black Or White' 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

Staying up til late
Laying on my bed
Drinking to forget
A little promise that I made

Neighbors scream too loud
I’m nowhere to be found
Trapped inside this room
With nothing fun except a gun

Magic made of flaws
My words respect my cause
I’m the one who breaks the laws
Before they meet my morning sun


Mirrors are broken now
I want you to show me how
Take me home
Just take me home
Lights are all fading
The monsters are waiting for me but
You’ll take me home
Just take me home


Wishing I was dead
Beautiful but sad
When it’s all inside my head
She’s very cute until she’s
mad

Try to climb my walls
Put my records on
Bite me while I talk
Or else I’ll shoot you with my
gun


Mirrors are broken now
I want you to show me how
Take me home
Just take me home
Lights are all fading
The monsters are waiting for me but
You’ll take me home
Just take me home

Monsters

Track from the first EP by The Artichokes. 'It Seems Black Or White' 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

I don’t know how, but I’m still breathing
The reason why I’m still believing
It’s in my head, somewhere in my mind
Playing hide and seek and I can’t find it out

You tell the truth, or are you just lies?
Look for my ghost, he’s inside my eyes
He wants to talk but I’ll run away
Of my fears and my thoughts during the
night and the day

Search for a spark, a trace of sadness
It must be there, she can’t just hide it
Behind the scenes her life has no sense
So who plays her part when she’s not awake?

Isn’t it sad to know
I have no power, I have no control
Will you be there to hold me
Or will you let me fall


I’ll search for me at the outerspace
Gravity was never a friend to me
Like a hummingbird, I’ll fly away
Mother earth won’t be able to make me stay


She’s on your bed, she’s barely breathing
The reason why you’re still believing
Her soldier dies while you kiss her breast
And her naked soul will be gone too fast

Are you too shy to face your mirror?
Too scared to cry, to open windows
To break your rules, to live life again
Like a bird that flies counterflow in the rain

Too fool to let you know
I’m a disaster, I need to let you go
I wonder where I’ll flow
I wonder if I’m old


I’ll search for me at the outerspace
Gravity was never a friend to me
Like a hummingbird, I’ll fly away
Mother earth won’t be able to make me stay

Hummingbird

Track from the second EP by The Artichokes, 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

Words are left so unsaid
And my make-up is so blurry I look dead
Tears are mixed with the rain
Watch the sunrise as I feel my feet are wet

Good to know how you dance
Good to know that I’m your change
Ain’t it real the way I dance
Move my body let you feel my aftertaste

Be my guest 
Take a seat
Make me burn
Yours to keep

I’ll tell you where I wanna go
And I want you to drive slow
Am I the one who makes you feel lonely

Flowers are about to grow
My mind keeps telling me no
Are you the one who makes me feel

Sweat that drips on my skin
Beat that rises through your lips
Streets are dark and fears are strong
But no one has to prove you right or prove you wrong

Be my guest 
Take a seat
Make me burn 
Yours to keep

I’ll tell you where I wanna go
And I want you to drive slow
Am I the one who makes you feel lonely

Flowers are about to grow
My mind keeps telling me no
Are you the one who makes me feel (something)...

Yours To Keep

Track from the second EP by The Artichokes, 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

Today I caught myself thinking whether I should start drinking
I’m tired of searching for light inside this room
I told you I would go over, start from zero, make myself stronger
But I just can’t step outside this storm

I feel like I should be happy, I feel like I should feel worthy
But nothing seems to bring the spark that makes me fly above this storm
Some nights I feel like I’m fading, some nights I feel
Like there’s nothing left for me to cry for

I’ll be the flowers on my head, I’ll be the spiders in my bed
I’ll be the bird that surfs the skies
I’ll be the signal that tries to find its way to Mars

I’ll be the look in stranger’s eyes
I’ll be an ocean
Or maybe I’ll just be the night
When we said our last goodbye

I feel the glass is half empty, I think the world has gone crazy
But there’s a little light that never goes out
The band is playing a sad song, the lyrics don’t make any sense
But the people dance

I feel like I should...

I Should (Flowers And Spiders)

Track from the second EP by The Artichokes, 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

We’ll take you to the river
Where all the noises flow
I’m sure you’ll drawn into our waters
Before the sun is gone

Sounds are slowly melting
In laughs and alcohol
The air and all the lights are burning
Before I sing this song

The beer’s smell makes me dizzy
And I can barely feel my feet
Take my hand and don’t you leave me
Cause this ain’t no round trip

All I see are shadows
From grey to black to white
But all I feel are colours
When I know I’ve got the mike

Maybe it’s a little too soon 
To ask you to remember this tune
I’m sure that you’ll think that we’re crazy (baby)
In less than a second or two

(But this people make me) 
Colder, stronger, tougher than my ex-lover
Harder, older, louder than a storm
So scream, together, your shouts can make me feel better
Won’t you come and join this strumming earthquake we’ve become


Music flows right through me
I feel it in my bones
The lyrics are all growing 
From the magic of the drums

My brain is full of memories
I know I won’t forget
Can we please go back
To the first stage on which we met

Maybe it’s a little too soon 
To ask you to remember this tune
I’m sure that you’ll think that we’re crazy (baby)
In less than a second or two

(But you make me) 
Colder, stronger, tougher than your ex-lover
Harder, older, louder than a storm
So scream, together, your shouts can make me feel better
Won’t you come and join this strumming earthquake we’ve become

Remember This

Track from the second EP by The Artichokes, 2017
Listen and download the full EP at theartichokesrock.wixsite.com/theartichokes

LYRICS:

There’s a light, there’s a light in my mind
Is it you, is it me, who has turned it on?
Baby play, come on play, on my bed
Take your time, don’t be late
Don’t be sweet, don’t be scared
Such a shame that you’re not here tonight
There’s a groove that I’m feeling inside 

So if you fancy, if you’re keen on
If you wanna, if you mean
You can come right in between

Take me in, take me out
Kiss my cheek, kiss my mouth
In the end I’ll be yours to keep
In a rush, with no hush
Be my crush or at least make me blush
You know I need someone to tune my senses
And I just can’t avoid this heat

So if you fancy, if you’re keen on
If you wanna, if you mean
You can come right in between

Maybe I still sound like your heartbeats
Maybe you’re the star in my nights
Maybe I’m the fool who’s tryin to play it cool but
Baby I’ve got nowhere to hide

You’re the one you’re the one in my mind
Can’t help myself so please treat me kind
Would you like to feel my breath on your neck
Hurry up this ship’s about to wreck
Kinda afraid you’ve come with false pretenses
Well I don’t care don’t know where my innocence is

So if you fancy, if you’re keen on
If you wanna, if you mean
You can come right in between

Maybe I still sound like your heartbeats
Maybe you’re the star in my nights
Maybe I’m the fool who’s tryin to play it cool but
Baby I’ve got nowhere to hide